Round 3: Tossup 16
For an action film from this country inspired by The Exterminating Angel, a stunt driver set the world record of 162 feet for longest jump by a truck. In a film set in this country, the camera zooms in on a man alone in a car at night as he sings along to Keri Hilson’s “Pretty Girl Rock” on the radio. In a viral 2014 short film from this country, a man carries his baby daughter on his back after waking from a car crash to discover his wife has become a zombie. A Southerner helps a man pursue the thieves who stole his car in this country, 10 years after a global “collapse,” in David (*) Michôd’s (“MISH-oh’s”) film The Rover. The directorial debut of an ethnically Greek ER doctor from this country inspired Saw with its ending, in which the villain’s leg is handcuffed to a car. In that film from this country, Toecutter’s gang terrorizes a character who drives the “Pursuit Special,” a GT Falcon equipped with a supercharger. For 10 points, name this country where George Miller filmed Mad Max. ■END■
ANSWER: Australia [or Commonwealth of Australia] (The films mentioned are Dead End Drive-In, The Rover, Cargo, and Mad Max.)
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